Cadwallader D. Colden

Cadwallader David Colden (4 April 1769-7 February 1834) was Mayor of New York City (F) from 1818 to 1821 (succeeding Jacob Radcliff and preceding Stephen Allen) and a member of the US House of Representatives (F-NY 1) from 12 December 1821 to 3 March 1823 (succeeding James Guyon Jr. and preceding Silas Wood).

Biography
Cadwallader David Colden was born in Flushing, Queens, New York City in 1769, the grandson of Governor Cadwallader Colden. He became a lawyer in 1791, and he moved to Poughkeepsie in 1793. In 1796 and from 1798 to 1801, he served as an Assistant Attorney General, and he served as a district attorney from 1810 to 1811. Following his service in the War of 1812, he became an abolitionist, and he served as Mayor from 1818 to 1821, in the US House of Representatives from 1821 to 1823, and in the State Senate from 1825 to 1827. After his resignation from the State Senate, he moved to Jersey City and helped in the construction of the Morris Canal. He died in 1834.